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[D6653] (5.0.2) Flashable Stock LP Pre-rooted with XZDualRecovery [Updated:05/11/16]

I wanted to share this pre-rooted stock version of Lollipop. Originally I'm on D6653 then I've been to D6603 Lollipop firmware when first released. Now it's time to shift back to D6653.
Update: Added latest firmware update
Overview:
Firmware version: 23.1.A.0.726_CustomizedPH [04/16/15]
- APAC-LTE
- SuperSU 2.46
- XZDualRecovery 2.8.7
- LTE signal icon, not 4G
- NFC icon on statusbar
- Unbranded, no carrier bloatwares
- Close all button
Firmware version: 23.1.A.1.28_CustomizedPH (new) [05/11/15]
- SuperSU 2.46
- XZDualRecovery 2.8.15
-New close all button (much better)
-Fixed message functionality in Ultra stamina mode
Requirements:
Root with working recovery
How to root? Click here
Installation:
1. Download the ZIP file here:
D6653_23.1.A.1.28_R2C_CustomizedPH
D6653_23.1.A.0.726_R2C_CustomizedPH
2. Copy to Internal or External storage
3. Reboot to recovery
4. Wipe cache, dalvik cache, data (optional/recommended)
5. Flash ZIP from recovery
6. Reboot system and wait for a few minutes
Thanks to zxz0O0, G-FACE and [NUT] for tutorials.
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Thanks.
I was just about to try doing it myself after repeated attempts to download the package from another thread. And this localized for my country, too.
Damn it. I still may end up having to do it on my own. Don't know why Mega is always giving me grief.

Hi, flashed D6603 firmware and can't manage to reboot recovery
Any idea how to proceed as i want to flash this one
Sent from my D6653

scribbclubber said:
Hi, flashed D6603 firmware and can't manage to reboot recovery
Any idea how to proceed as i want to flash this one
Sent from my D6653
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Download this http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3243769&d=1428103729, unzip it on your pc and run the .bat file.
Phone will reboot and you should be able to enter recovery by pressing volume down when the phone starts.

Is there any benefit of returning to your original model? I have a D6653 and been using the D6603 lollipop firmmwares since they came out....

dedei said:
Is there any benefit of returning to your original model? I have a D6653 and been using the D6603 lollipop firmmwares since they came out....
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I would say that if you have no issues with the version you're using right now, it shouldn't be much different if you switch. In fact, if you're happy with the way things are currently, you should be more worried about accidentally breaking something (if it's not broken, don't fix it and all that)). Then again, you can always flash back to your back-up if things go awry.
Anyway, I dirty flashed this over my previous installation and it looks like everything's as it should be, except for the screen off animation. Or is there really not supposed to be one? I was using Gravity Box for CRT off before but it seems like it had fade before that. Now my screen just... winks out.

Why dont u use recovery 2.8.10?

Awestrike said:
Thanks.
I was just about to try doing it myself after repeated attempts to download the package from another thread. And this localized for my country, too.
Damn it. I still may end up having to do it on my own. Don't know why Mega is always giving me grief.
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We're on the same country, that's why I flashed it right away
dedei said:
Is there any benefit of returning to your original model? I have a D6653 and been using the D6603 lollipop firmmwares since they came out....
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My firmware now works better than my previous (D6603) and I can tell the changes. With my new D6653 firmware, my issues were resolved:
- 'No Service' on the lock screen
- X-Reality automatically turns off
- Service Menu is crashing
lemonade747 said:
Why dont u use recovery 2.8.10?
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I was having some issues with the 2.8.10, so I decided to use 2.8.7 instead (which works fine for me). Anyway you can always update the recovery anytime

Arxelance said:
We're on the same country, that's why I flashed it right away
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Yeah, I thought so. It would have been unusual to just arbitrarily pick this region, haha.
What screen-off animation came with the firmware? Fade or no animation?

Awestrike said:
Yeah, I thought so. It would have been unusual to just arbitrarily pick this region, haha.
What screen-off animation came with the firmware? Fade or no animation?
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No animation, even when I used D6603 firmware before. There should be a mod for that, I don't know just how, yet

Arxelance said:
No animation, even when I used D6603 firmware before. There should be a mod for that, I don't know just how, yet
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That's good then. I was worried something that it was a very minor nit in an otherwise perfect flash.
I'll just have to wait until we have Xposed/Gravity Box again for CRT Off/Fade (and quick unlocK).

Hi mates, Currently my version is 23.0.1.A.5.77 (D6653) and under 4.4.4 newly owned z3 2 days ago, just want to ask if safe to root? I have read about the DRM keys issue. If rooted, warranty will be voided?
appreciate anyone response. kabayan Thanks

framework
Can anyone upload fỏr me the framework_res.apk on this rom ?

Hi
An hour ago I flashed the downloaded Customized PH. 726 from XperiFirm. My fault actually that I just visited XDA and checked out your post after I updated my Z3 D6653. How will I be able to install a recovery on this? I know the works and all but what I'm not certain is, is there a way to install recovery and root the device by not downgrading the OS? Because seriously that's a lot of work starting from downloading everything and flashing files afterwards. I'll wait for your response sir. Thanks and God Bless.

vincer0102 said:
Hi mates, Currently my version is 23.0.1.A.5.77 (D6653) and under 4.4.4 newly owned z3 2 days ago, just want to ask if safe to root? I have read about the DRM keys issue. If rooted, warranty will be voided?
appreciate anyone response. kabayan Thanks
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PM sent bro
dephia said:
Can anyone upload fỏr me the framework_res.apk on this rom ?
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Here you go I wonder where you might use it?

Hello
I would really appreciate any response on my above-mentioned query

ronniem18 said:
An hour ago I flashed the downloaded Customized PH. 726 from XperiFirm. My fault actually that I just visited XDA and checked out your post after I updated my Z3 D6653. How will I be able to install a recovery on this? I know the works and all but what I'm not certain is, is there a way to install recovery and root the device by not downgrading the OS? Because seriously that's a lot of work starting from downloading everything and flashing files afterwards. I'll wait for your response sir. Thanks and God Bless.
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The thing is, there is no exploit yet to get root directly on lollipop. The only working exploit for root is by using giefroot, and sad to say, you need to downgrade your firmware for that.

That's so sad. I actually planned to root my Z3 yesterday while still on KitKat but suddenly Lollipop arrived at XperiFirm and I being excited to see what this version offers just jumped on the idea of updating mY device. Is there a link you can direct me to so I could root this thing? Seriously, finding some ways on Google is wearing me down these days.

ronniem18 said:
That's so sad. I actually planned to root my Z3 yesterday while still on KitKat but suddenly Lollipop arrived at XperiFirm and I being excited to see what this version offers just jumped on the idea of updating mY device. Is there a link you can direct me to so I could root this thing? Seriously, finding some ways on Google is wearing me down these days.
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Yeah it's here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/giefroot-rooting-tool-cve-2014-4322-t3011598

Thanks
Arxelance said:
Yeah it's here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/giefroot-rooting-tool-cve-2014-4322-t3011598
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Thank you for your help. I'll download everything tonight and start working on it tomorrow. Appreciate your help, buddy.

23.4.A.1.264 rolling out, stagefright fixed :)

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paffo said:
If you are already on 5.1.1 its enough to overwrite libs from rom .264
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64216224&postcount=160
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Only Italy is available. Is there English option for this firmware?

palmpre3 said:
Only Italy is available. Is there English option for this firmware?
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yes all firmwares have the english language you wont find any difference.

jefffisher said:
yes all firmwares have the english language you wont find any difference.
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Thanks for the info.
I have been using US customized firmware without any issue with Hangouts dialer. But after I flashed to Nordic's latest, it stop working with error msg 'phone calling not available temp something...'. So I wonder some countries' firmware might have impact on that...

Update now available here in Austria.
Do u guys think I can simply OTA Update my rooted 256 fw? The Update is only 19.8 mb in size.

Dixxhead said:
Update now available here in Austria.
Do u guys think I can simply OTA Update my rooted 256 fw? The Update is only 19.8 mb in size.
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You can but will lose root. :good:

chris5s said:
You can but will lose root. :good:
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Thanks for the Feedback! Figures I lost it anyways (and the Recovery with it) even though I made and flashed a pre-rooted firmware from recovery as always. Whatever happened there. Gonna have to roll back to KK tonight, get Recovery up and running and then finally retry flashing the a newly created pre-rooted FW from my FTF file.
Really quite annoyed at this right now. Could have just OTA`d and the result would have been the same. Hopefully no big Security holes for some time. Not big on wasting several hours, just to get my phone running the way I want it to run.

Dixxhead said:
Thanks for the Feedback! Figures I lost it anyways (and the Recovery with it) even though I made and flashed a pre-rooted firmware from recovery as always. Whatever happened there. Gonna have to roll back to KK tonight, get Recovery up and running and then finally retry flashing the a newly created pre-rooted FW from my FTF file.
Really quite annoyed at this right now. Could have just OTA`d and the result would have been the same. Hopefully no big Security holes for some time. Not big on wasting several hours, just to get my phone running the way I want it to run.
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did you use CWM or TWRP to flash?

jefffisher said:
did you use CWM or TWRP to flash?
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I think I used CWM, now that u mention it. Philztouch thing. So better to use TWRP?

Dixxhead said:
I think I used CWM, now that u mention it. Philztouch thing. So better to use TWRP?
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yeah try using TWRP next time i had no issues and the only difference i could think of is the method used to flash.

jefffisher said:
yeah try using TWRP next time i had no issues and the only difference i could think of is the method used to flash.
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TWRP did the trick. Rocking a dual recovery, rooted fresh install of .264 now.

What if i update via PCC? Will i loose root?

AMDFenics said:
What if i update via PCC? Will i loose root?
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yes

So the flash must be with twrp only right ?

If you are already on 5.1.1 its enough to overwrite libs from rom .264
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64216224&postcount=160

paffo said:
If you are already on 5.1.1 its enough to overwrite libs from rom .264
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64216224&postcount=160
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Thnx, added it.

.264 error power off
after upgraded to .264, my phone was down, cannot power on. any one faced this problem

So I ran the OTA and after it installed, all the apps that I had moved to the SD card were no longer on my homescreens, and I cannot even search for them in the Google Now launcher app. They are still in the app drawer but I have to manually scroll down and find them. I can't just type in their name?? Anyone else have this issue? I am totally stock, no root or anything.

I had something similar. With all apps on the sd card initially being unavailable. After maybe 5 minutes the phone rebooted itself and now all apps appear to have been restored to where they were prior to the update and are once more able to be used

vdefender said:
So I ran the OTA and after it installed, all the apps that I had moved to the SD card were no longer on my homescreens, and I cannot even search for them in the Google Now launcher app. They are still in the app drawer but I have to manually scroll down and find them. I can't just type in their name?? Anyone else have this issue? I am totally stock, no root or anything.
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Since the update, i have the same problem ... In conclusion my micro sd card is dead ... Impossible to format and i can't delete files ...

[PLK-UL00] Official ROM B352

Hello
I've managed to download an update for B201 to MM B352, using a Chinese proxy.
If anyone wants to play with it, just download it from here:
https://mega.nz/#!wwMTFTjS!1z9xygbiNTO66_zkwxOHtw9SLI_EQVTRzUZU-kh2BSo
Save it on internal storage or SD and go to Settings -> Updater -> Menu -> Local Update to apply it.
This is *not* an update to be applied using TWRP or 3btn method.
When I installed it my phone was using stock recovery, bootloader was unlocked and it was not rooted.
After installing it everything works fine, TWRP works fine, but it will stop working after installing SuperSU.
Not sure why.
So, right now, I'm back to Lollipop B201, which is geat.
UPDATE: using SYSTEMLESS install for SuperSU I was able to install it.
Now I have everything working, including notifications.
Regards.

hangs
my phone hangs on the startup.

Bootloop
after the update i'm im bootloop and i can't find a solution for the rollback
HELP

godsxr said:
after the update i'm im bootloop and i can't find a solution for the rollback
HELP
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can you boot into recovery or fastboot mode?

eddor1614 said:
can you boot into recovery or fastboot mode?
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recovery mode works.
i tried to put old b201 on sd card and start with volume+ volume - and power but it stops at 5%

godsxr said:
recovery mode works.
i tried to put old b201 on sd card and start with volume+ volume - and power but it stops at 5%
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Yes, I have the same problem, but after installing SuperSU
You have to use fastboot mode and run multi-tool unbrick method.

I have stock rom, with stock recovery. How can i do? How can put the Phone in fastboot mode?

i'm still blocked from that day. with a phone that doesn't go in fastboot and remain with the honor logo.
but a full firmware of marschmallow?

Is this *REALLY* meant for UL-00?
Hi there
Efforts much appreciated mate ...
Looking at all the bootlooped replies - is this firmware *really* meant for the PLK UL-00 (India version)?
OTA doesn't show any B352; nor does the official websites... B341 seems to be the latest firmware for the Indian variant.
So .... Just wondering - is it some typo ? Is this meant for some other variant of Honor 7 ? CL-00 maybe? ... Even the older B201 you have mentioned in the OP - isn't among the firmware builds that the Indian UL-00 has come through... i think.
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Would be nice to see some changelog or a screenshot or something
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If it is a typo error, please do change it in the title.

Hi
There are two variants of version UL00, C17 from China and C675 from India.
I have the one from China, it's dual SIM.
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Hey I have got the Indian Version B341. I just wanted to share a problem that I am facing.
My phone is slow charging due to update perhaps. Earlier the phone used to charge really fast now it takes more than 2 hours and sometimes even close to 3 hours.
I have tried Hardware Reset but was not of much help.
Has anyone solved this problem. Btw I am using 5V2A charger, supplied with the device, which took very little time to charge earlier. And also when the phone is switched off it charges really fast but the phone heats up a lot.
Sent from my PLK-UL00 using Tapatalk

eddor1614 said:
Hi
There are two variants of version UL00, C17 from China and C675 from India.
I have the one from China, it's dual SIM.
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Right...
The firmware in the phones we got (the single SIM Indian variant of UL00) does indeed say C675 - I just checked after your screen shot.
Thanks
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So, i am still wondering - is this firmware gonna brick the C675 single sim variant?

Replace PLK-UL00 Chinees version with PLK-L01 EU version
Hi,
did anyone try to replace the PLK-UL00 Chinese version with PLK-L01 EU version, is this possible without bricking the phone ?
I have rooted my PLK-UL00C17 (Dual SIM) with TWRP 3.0.2.0 Recovery for PLANK, running build PLK-UL00_6.5.16 from 1 May 2016, Titanium Backup and SuperSU Free v2.62
I tried to get rid of the Chinese stuff, but no luck, it keeps popping up everywhere.
So is it possible to replace the Chinese firmware / ROM with the EU firmware / ROM ?
Thanks,

This update bootlooped my phone and now I can't fix it.. £200 paperweight now

eddor1614 said:
Hello
I've managed to download an update for B201 to MM B352, using a Chinese proxy.
If anyone wants to play with it, just download it from here:
https://mega.nz/#!wwMTFTjS!1z9xygbiNTO66_zkwxOHtw9SLI_EQVTRzUZU-kh2BSo
Save it on internal storage or SD and go to Settings -> Updater -> Menu -> Local Update to apply it.
This is *not* an update to be applied using TWRP or 3btn method.
When I installed it my phone was using stock recovery, bootloader was unlocked and it was not rooted.
After installing it everything works fine, TWRP works fine, but it will stop working after installing SuperSU.
Not sure why.
So, right now, I'm back to Lollipop B201, which is geat.
UPDATE: using SYSTEMLESS install for SuperSU I was able to install it.
Now I have everything working, including notifications.
Regards.
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Hi friend as you said that I flashed but how I go to lollipop version please can you send lollipop backup of twrp please

[email protected] said:
Hi friend as you said that I flashed but how I go to lollipop version please can you send lollipop backup of twrp please
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Hi
Sorry, I don't have it. But you can download it using Firmware Finder, here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/tools/general/huawei-firmware-finder-team-mt-t3469146
Regards

LG G4 international UPDATE

Guys i just recieved new update for my G4 international after 6 months ... So far its good and i notice that phone generates less heat .. It is v20g and July patch
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Same for me

Has anyone tried installing over root and xposed?
I guess I'll try it and report back.
Update: Doesn't work with root.
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Same here. Romanian version.
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English screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/boZhseN.png

I am still waiting...

For me nothig yet.

Supertras said:
I am still waiting...
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You could have always got the official v20d marshmallow that was posted on XDA.

htr5 said:
You could have always got the official v20d marshmallow that was posted on XDA.
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I know but I didn't had the time and the necessary resources to do it . I was also a Little afraid for the bootloop problem.

Supertras said:
I know but I didn't had the time and the necessary resources to do it . I was also a Little afraid for the bootloop problem.
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Not sure if you know about it, but your phone is basically showpiece from showrooms or shops, that's the X in your version number. This kind of phones are not intended to be sold for customers.
You will never got more updates as you already have, so your only option is to flash it manually.
Bootloop problem is not dependant on software version. It doesn't matter if you have 5.1 or 6.0.

src151 said:
Not sure if you know about it, but your phone is basically showpiece from showrooms or shops, that's the X in your version number. This kind of phones are not intended to be sold for customers.
You will never got more updates as you already have, so your only option is to flash it manually.
Bootloop problem is not dependant on software version. It doesn't matter if you have 5.1 or 6.0.
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Do you have an accurate source to backup your wild claims?
My EU (UK) H815 v20d-EUR-XX is currently downloading the update.
No need for a manual flash and my device certainly was not a store demo model.

Hello,
My G4 is unlocked and ROOTED and the update is available and in downloading atm.
There are something I should to know about the fact that my smartphone ROOTED evening before applying the update?
Could this affect my G4?
Thank you! =D

Supertras said:
I know but I didn't had the time and the necessary resources to do it . I was also a Little afraid for the bootloop problem.
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OllieD said:
Do you have an accurate source to backup your wild claims?
My EU (UK) H815 v20d-EUR-XX is currently downloading the update.
No need for a manual flash and my device certainly was not a store demo model.
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Sure,
We are not talking about the same thing.
Look again, and maybe twice at his version number: It's is VX10c-EUR-XX
I'm not talking about XX, but about the first "X"... see?
Sure, your device is the same as mine v20d-EUR-XX which is a retail model, but this is not the case for VX10C-EUR-XX which is unfortunately a demo model

Ok, finally, it seems that I can't update automatically with a G4 ROOTED.
When I launch the update this message pop "phone restarting"
Then boot directly on TWRP... (>_<)
So obviously I can't execute this update automatically... :'(

Sylar37 said:
Ok, finally, it seems that I can't update automatically with a G4 ROOTED.
When I launch the update this message pop "phone restarting"
Then boot directly on TWRP... (>_<)
So obviously I can't execute this update automatically... :'(
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Off you can't. You have another recovery. Use LG UP and flash it. Easier can't be. Note you will lose root and the recovery.

Riardon said:
Off you can't. You have another recovery. Use LG UP and flash it. Easier can't be. Note you will lose root and the recovery.
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OK but where can I drop the .kdz file?
I searched on http://devtester.ro/projects/lg-firmwares/country.php?country=France#
But even if the last update is was today I can't find the firmware h81520(x_00)... =/
Thank you for your help. =)

OllieD said:
Do you have an accurate source to backup your wild claims?
My EU (UK) H815 v20d-EUR-XX is currently downloading the update.
No need for a manual flash and my device certainly was not a store demo model.
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Me too same model. I don't know what they're talking about. Store models can't even make calls and this deters people from trying to steal them.
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Sylar37 said:
Ok, finally, it seems that I can't update automatically with a G4 ROOTED.
When I launch the update this message pop "phone restarting"
Then boot directly on TWRP... (>_<)
So obviously I can't execute this update automatically... :'(
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Same. Luckily, they seem to have deleted the update so you need to redownload. At least we don't have 500MB lurking somewhere.

Sylar37 said:
Ok, finally, it seems that I can't update automatically with a G4 ROOTED.
When I launch the update this message pop "phone restarting"
Then boot directly on TWRP... (>_<)
So obviously I can't execute this update automatically... :'(
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Sylar37 said:
OK but where can I drop the .kdz file?
I searched on http://devtester.ro/projects/lg-firmwares/country.php?country=France#
But even if the last update is was today I can't find the firmware h81520(x_00)... =/
Thank you for your help. =)
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Go to thread about the Portugal update and download the KDZ from there. Any link from that thread is the international H815 update. Don't worry about countries and shenanigans is the same firmware for all. V20g-EUR-XX. Install LG UP on your PC. First the DLL then the program. Place the KDZ in your LG UP install directory (Crogram Files (x86)/LG Electronics/LGUP/model/8994). Put your phone in download mode. (With phone turned off press Volume UP and with it press plug in the USB cable). Click refurbished option for a complete wipe and clean flash. Before all this make a backup. You can also select upgrade option to avoid wipe but I always recommend a clean flash. Read the according threads in XDA for further information if you need.

It seems the h818p will not be updated(yet)?

@src151 thanks for the info. I didn't knew that demo phones can have the GSM module. At least I got it at a very good price
I will upgrade manually then.

[ROM][Nougat][7.0][SM-A9100] Nougat International ROM for Galaxy A9 Pro

Hi!
First, I would like to explain the reason for making this thread. Even though we are getting more help for popular models across the forum, A9 Pro remains something almost untouched. This is true specially for the Chinese varient. So, I decided to accumulate everything to a single thread that I found through some serious hunting across the Internet. The model that I'm using right now is SM-A9100. Hence, the remaining content will be mainly focused on that model.
I bought SM-A9100 outside of China which came Play Store pre-installed. When I tried to run the updater it failed even without connecting to the server. So, there were no OTA updates for me. Later, I screwed up my device after flashing TWRP using Flashify(ADVICE - If you are flashing a custom recovery using a 3rd party app, NEVER reboot to the recovery using the software implementation after flashing. Do it manually using the button combination. Otherwise, you won't be able to boot on to the System).
Later, I downloaded CHC-A9100ZCU1API2-20160909110156 build and flashed via Odin along with TWRP. But, it was full of Chinese rubbish. When I tried to flash SuperSU via TWRP, it aborted the process giving "patching sepolicy failure" message. Then I rooted using Kingroot and replaced Kingroot with SuperSU using a script and Terminal Emulator. That is the way worked for me. Finally, I flashed gapps pico package via TWRP. Later, I could remove most of the Chinese bloat using System App Remover. But, I couldn't find a way to replace Chinese oriented Yellow Pages, Baidu search, Weather app, Web browser and Sohu news etc. So, I was desperately in a need of replacing this Chinese ROM with a compatible International one(Nougat).
At the time of writing, There is no Nougat ROM available for the Chinese varient and no sign of having one in the future either. So, the only option available is flashing a ROM built for A910F.
But, As I was informed, A910F firmware can't be flashed directly on A9100 due to different hardware configuration. I looked for the specifications of the device on GSMArena and spotted no difference until expanding the network bands section. Thats where things are different. The two varients sports different modems I guess. So, flashing a firmware of other varient won't give you a hard brick apart from some expected issues on network reception and connectivity. Some people have tried following builds based on A910F firmware.
A9 Pro Elite ROM
Nougat International ROM for A9100
Common reported issue for both builds is, Back and Recent apps capacitive keys are not working. I would like to give a fix I found for the issue that may work.
Dial *#2663# on your phone app. It will open an app window for firmware update. Just tap on Touch key FW update(Network connection may required).
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Since I haven't installed any of those ROM builds, I don't know whether this works. You can try it and report me whether it works.
It may be required to replace the modem firmware of those builds with the one dedicated for the Chinese varient in order to fix the network reception.
Get it from here and flash via Odin or FlashFire(I will show you in detail later).
My opinion : Since both models have Qualcomm chipsets, both should have Qualcomm modems configured for different bands(FDD or TDD) by the modem firmware. Since Qualcomm modem hardware usully supports almost evey LTE band, changing the modem firmware to allign the hardware to some specific bands may not affect your connectivity if your Service provider's band is included in the list. Correct if I'm wrong.
One of those above mentioned builds is based on Vietnamese XXV firmware and the other is based on Indian INS firmware. Even though you can get rid of Chinese by flashing any of those, you are more likely get into another country's bloat. I wanted a more Internationalized firmware. So, my problem is still not solved.
I looked for myself for a better firmware and found that Singapore XSP firmware to be good. There are a few reasons for picking this.
Open firmware and not carrier locked.
Defaut language is English.
Should be less bloated.
Still, I haven't even downloaded this ROM and I'm really looking at your feedback to proceed. I need answers for following questions.
Since I'm migrating from a Chinese ROM, should I need to perform re-partition or nand irase all or both with repair firmware flashing via Odin?
Or
Will a normal flashing via Odin be enough?
By using FlashFire, I can selectively flash only the components I need using the tar.md5 firmware file(i.e : boot, system, modem).
Will this type of flashing be enough to get the full functionality?
Should I need to replace the bootloader as well?
Finally, I need to replace the boot logo(NOT boot animation) of the device with the boot logo of the International version. I was looking for a soft way to do this for a couple of days and didn't find a way. Some people say that the boot logo image is in the kernel and some say in the bootloader and some say in the param partition and so on. I'm totally confused. My boot logo has some Chinese and unlock symbol with the word "custom". When I flashed the firmware last time using Odin, It didn't change the logo.
This is optional. When I enter the download mode, it displays the warning message in Chinese. Is there any way to replace it with the one in International ROM?
I saw in some threads that to do this nand erase all should be performed. Anyway, that is optional.
If you reply to the contents of this thread, please mention the topic you reply on the top of your comment.
Thank you!

There is no Touch key FW update in nougat roms

Are there any updates regarding 7.0 for a9100?? It would be nice for this phone to have at least a bug free rom

Csxen said:
Are there any updates regarding 7.0 for a9100?? It would be nice for this phone to have at least a bug free rom
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Sorry,There're no Nougat update for SM-A9100
Nougat only available on SM-A910F and other rom also

Any idea of when this will be available?

Chinese Rom issues
If anyone has issues with this Chinese phone you can always install this ROM it is only Android 6 but I've been using it for months and it is 100% working and reliable .
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa...-a9100zcu1aqb3-tungtata-v2-6-0-1-xxv-t3598861

Hi everyone, Samsung just release the update to Android 8.0 for GALAXY A9 ⑥ SM-A9100 CHC CHINA (OPEN CHINA). Did anyone here try this?
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sammobile. com/firmwares/galaxy-a9--/SM-A9100/CHC/download/A9100ZCU1BRK3/246083/

MBQuoc said:
Hi everyone, Samsung just release the update to Android 8.0 for GALAXY A9 ⑥ SM-A9100 CHC CHINA (OPEN CHINA). Did anyone here try this?
Source: (remove blank after dot com)
sammobile. com/firmwares/galaxy-a9--/SM-A9100/CHC/download/A9100ZCU1BRK3/246083/
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I cannot get google apps work with 8.0 firmware

tithitoy said:
I cannot get google apps work with 8.0 firmware
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Ya! I got this. Keep going find a solution for that, no google services is a big trouble

MBQuoc said:
Ya! I got this. Keep going find a solution for that, no google services is a big trouble
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You can find the solution here.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/sa...l/stock-official-oreo-released-t3878291/page2
Tested it and it's ok